9th Grade: To Kill a Mockingbird Blog Posts

Use this post to make a comment with your blog entries for To Kill a Mockingbird. Make sure you leave your first name, last initial, and class period so I can give you credit for your work!

9th grade: To Kill a Mockingbird Webquest

Here's the link for your webquest. Make sure you follow the directions. Remember to complete steps 1-5 ONLY! Also remember, we are not working in groups.

Jim Crow Laws Webquest

8th graders! Extra Credit!

If you complete an extra assignment from any layer on your Bad Boy project assignment worksheet, you will be able to receive extra credit for that assignment. I will grade the assignment; the number of points received will depend on the quality of work.

Updated

Sorry, I've been busy trying to finalize grades for 1st term, so I've slacked a little in updating the blog. It is now up-to-date. Thanks for your patience!

9th Graders: Articles

I finally got an electronic copy of the second article. I still haven't been able to get the first one, but the others are now posted in the assignments section of the ninth grade page.

9th Graders: Annotated Bibliographies

I've pushed back the due date for your bibliographies. The new due date is October 11 for A days and October 12 for B days. You're welcome! :)

9th Grade: Article #3

Here's the link for article #3. You need to read the article, then post one comment about it. You can write a question, something you agreed./disagreed with, something you liked/didn't like, etc. Your comment needs to thoughtful, with details and examples to support what you say. Write only your first name and last initial, along your class period on the comment. The comments must be posted by 11 p.m. on Sunday, October 9.

Article #3: 7 Unusual Jobs with Great Pay

Even More Extra Credit!

There is a speech contest entitled "America Our Country" sponsored by the American Forks Arts Council on October 29th. Any student who enters the contest will receive 25 points extra credit. In order to receive credit, you must print off the entry form in the link below, and bring your form to me by October 3rd. I will send the entry forms to the Arts Council. You will also need make sure you are there for your speech on October 29th. The details for the contest are listed on the entry form.

Speech Contest Entry Form

Extra Credit!

Recently, we experienced the ten year anniversary of 9/11. We've also been learning about informational texts. Here's what you need to do for your extra credit assignment:

1. Research the events of 9/11. You need at least three sources. Make sure those sources are reliable.
2. Write a one page article about your research. The first half page should summarize what you learned. The second half page should express your opinion about what you learned.
3. Turn in your article along with a bibliography for your sources. If you're not sure how to do a bibliography, come talk to me and I will show you how.

This will be worth 10-20 points, depending on the quality of the work.

Dr. Seuss, Word Guru

Dr. Seuss coined the term "nerd" in his book If I Ran the Zoo. He also wrote The Cat in the Hat using only 50 words. It sounds easy, but writing a book with very few words is actually pretty dang hard!